Colttblktation table amd seat



M. J. HARDEN, COMBINATION TABLE AND SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I0, 1915- L latemed Aug. 8, 1916.

1 1 2 ET HEET 2 Witnesses 6 i WfW/MM ATES COMBINATION TABLE AND SEAT.

Application filed November 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION JAY HARDEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Combination Table and Seat, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is aconvertible article of furniture adapted to be employed as a table, as aseat without a back, or as a seat comprising a back.

The invention aims primarily, to provide novel means for assembling thetop of the structure with the legs or posts thereof, thereby to convertthe table into a seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide novel means for holdingthe table top in place.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the presentinvention appertains. H D

With the above and other objects in View which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without I departing from the spirit ofthe'invention.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section; Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 33 ofFig. 1, the line 22 in Fig. 3 designating the cutting plane on whichFig. 2 is taken; Fig. 4 is a fragmental perspective showing the mannerin which the top is interlocked with the posts when it is desired toconvert the top into a seat back; Fig. 5 is a fragmental horizontalsection taken through one of the cleats on the top.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a framecomprising front posts 1, rear posts2, a seat 3 connecting the posts 1and 2, and extended forwardly and rearwardly beyond the outer faces ofthe posts 1 and 2 to form ledges 4, end walls 5 uniting the posts 1 and2 and extended upwardly above the seat 3, arm rests 6 extended beyondthe posts 1 and 2 and supported on the end walls 5, a front strip 8connecting the posts 1 below the seat 3, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Serial No. 60,766.

a rear strip 9 connecting the posts 2 below the seat 3. The end walls 5may be pro vided with magazine racks 7.

Supported by the posts 1 and 2 is a top 22 provided with dependingcleats 23 engaging the outer faces of the posts. Any suitable means maybe provided for maintaining the top 22 properly positioned with respectto the posts 1 and 2. In the present instance, recesses 26 are formedthrough the cleats 23, near to their ends, and in the recesses aremounted to reciprocate plungers 27, having enlarged ends 28 definingshoulders 29. Surrounding the plungers 27 are compression springs 34,abutting at one end against the shoulder 29 and abutting at the otherend against a plate 30 secured to the outer face of the cleat 23. Theplate 30 carries an outstanding cam 31 and on the end of the plunger 27there is a knob 32 provided with a cam face 33 adapted to coact with thecam 31.

In practical operation, the ends 28 of the plungers 27 coact with theinner edges of the posts 1 and 2, as shown best in Fig. 3, thus to holdthe top 22 in place.

' Fixed to and depending from the top 22 are angular keepers 25. In theinner edges of the posts 1 and 2, at the tops of the posts, seats 24 arefashioned, the same being adapted to receive the keepers 25 undercircumstances which will be pointed out herein after In practicaloperation, presupposing that the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 3,the ends 28 of the plungers 27 are advanced by the action of the springs34 and engage the inner edges of the posts 1 and 2, thereby to preventthe top 22 from shucking about. Let it be supposed, however, that it isdesired to convert the structure from a table into a seat. Under suchcircumstances, the table top 22 is lifted off the posts 1 and 2 and isplaced in a vertical position as shown in Fig. 4. The lower edge of thetop 22 then comes into contact with one of the ledges 4 and thus the topis upheld. The keepers 25 on the top are received in the seats 24 in theposts 11 or 22 and thus the top is sustained in such a manner that itconstitutes a back cooperating with the seat 3. IVhen the angularkeepers 25 are engaged in the seats 24 of the posts, and when the top 22has been converted into a back,

the latches 27 may be retracted, so that the ends 28 thereof will notmar the posts 11 or 22. means of the knobs 32, the plungers 27 arerotated, whereupon the cams 83 and 32 will coact to retract the latches,so that the ends 28 of the latches Will lie Within the contour of thecleats 23.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is 1. An article offurniture comprising posts; a seat connecting the posts; a top Undersuch circumstances, by

supported on the posts; locking devices carried by the top and coactingWith the posts to hold the top against movement with respect to theposts; fingers carried by the under surface of the top, there beingopenings in the posts adjacent their upper ends and adapted to receivethe fingers, thereby to hold the top in an upright position andsubstantially at right angles to the seat, to form a back cooperatingwith the seat; and means for holding the latches in retracted positions,thereby to prevent the latches from engaging the posts When the top isin back forming relation With respect to the seat.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

MARION JAY HARDEN.

Witnesses:

ADDY M. BENJAMIN, MERLE E. RUDY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

